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CALIGULA THE ULTIMATE CUT BLURAY 2 DISC COLL (2 BD)
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Genre | Drama, Historical |
Format | Blu-ray |
Contributor | Tinto Brass, John Gielgud, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, Malcolm McDowell |
Initial release date | 1980-02-15T00:00:00.000Z |
Language | English, English, English |
Runtime | 2 hours and 58 minutes |
Subtitle | english, french |
Number of discs | 1 |
Manufacturer | Unobstructed View |
UPC | 778854241091 |
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Tormented by the murder of his family, the young, wary Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminates his devious adoptive grandfather Tiberius (Peter O'Toole) and seizes control of the declining Roman Empire as it descends into a spiral of depravity, destruction and madness. Restoring the complete performances of McDowell and O'Toole along with fellow film legends Helen Mirren and John Gielgud, this extensive reconstruction of the notorious 1980 spectacle, based on the original narrative as conceived by writer Gore Vidal, had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Showcasing the sumptuous costume designs of two-time Oscar winner Danilo Donati (Fellini's Cassanova; Romeo & Juliet), CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT features an entirely new score by Troy Sterling Nies as well as a new animated title sequence by graphic artist Dave McKean (Arkham Asylum, The Sandman).Also included is the 1980 theatrically released version of CALIGULA (running time 150 mins), which was infamously transformed in post-production by its financier, Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione.Disc 1: The Ultimate Cut (178 mins) Caligula: The Ultimate CutCannes 2023 TeaserEnglish Closed CaptionsFrench Canadian SubtitlesAudio Commentary with editor Aaron Shaps and producer and reconstructionist Thomas NegovanAudio Commentary with author Grant Morrison and producer and reconstructionist Thomas NegovanDisc 2: Caligula: Restored Original 1980 Theatrical Version (150 mins) Restored Original Theatrical TrailerEnglish Closed CaptionsThe Guccione Scandal
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : Unknown
- Language : English, English, English
- Product Dimensions : 1.4 x 17.12 x 13.77 cm; 95.25 g
- Director : Tinto Brass
- Media Format : Blu-ray
- Run time : 2 hours and 58 minutes
- Release date : Sept. 17 2024
- Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud
- Subtitles: : French Canadian, English
- Studio : Unobstructed View
- ASIN : B0D6TF2B4N
- Country of origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- 鶹 Rank: #2,942 in Movies & TV Shows (See Top 100 in Movies & TV Shows)
- #13 in Historical
- #694 in Drama (Movies & TV Shows)
- #1,597 in Blu-ray
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Customers find the movie interesting, enjoyable, and fun. They mention it has some good moments. However, some customers have reported that the content is straight-up porn, with a lot of nudity. They also criticize the editing and playability. Opinions are mixed on the movie quality and video quality.
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Customers find the movie interesting and enjoyable. They mention it has good moments and is a great fun movie for them to buy.
"This is not the original uncut, unedited version. It is still a very interesting and good movie...." Read more
"This was a great fun movie for me to buy. The dvd and case arrived in great shape...." Read more
"...The actual story is very interesting, which is the main reason I watched ALL 3 HOURS of it." Read more
"...It has some good moments, but the history and character portrayals are sometimes woefully not in accord with reality...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the quality of the movie. Some say it's a good flick, classic, and well-acted. However, others say the acting is pathetic and the picture quality is pathetic.
"...It is still a very interesting and good movie. It may be easier to watch than the real original version. This version was made for a reason...." Read more
"it has been edited,edited and edited again it was sad and pathetic not a movie worth a cent compared to the original, DON'T buy this, really bad..." Read more
"Movie was good. I should have a read the description more carefully as the format for the DVD was European not North American...." Read more
"This piece of garbage deserves less than zero stars. It's the worst waste of time, worst thing I've ever watched, read, seen in my entire life...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the video quality of the movie. Some mention it's a very good looking Blu-ray upgrade, while others say the picture quality is pathetic and blurred out subsections of the rendered imagery.
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"I had the video cassette years ago, Seeing the movie on a blue ray, picture sharp and clear...." Read more
"As a film this one is terrible. Now I know why I have put off seeing it for 25 years. But if you just want lots of T&A, this one delivers...." Read more
"...It was not at all like the original. This one is. This is a very good looking bluray upgrade" Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the content of the movie. They mention it's straight up porn and a lot of nudity.
"...It wasn't what I had in mind as "disturbing". It was straight up porn...." Read more
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"Apparently its historical... A lot of nudity......" Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the editing of the movie. They mention it's an unedited version.
"This is not the original uncut, unedited version. It is still a very interesting and good movie...." Read more
"This movie is edited. I saw the original. Quite a bit is missing. Considered porn I guess." Read more
"...of the rendered imagery contradict the assertion that this is an unedited version...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the playability of the product. They mention it's a PAL video and doesn't work in their North American DVD or Blu-ray player.
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Reviewed in Canada on October 17, 2024Verified PurchasePour tous ceux qui auraient vu la première version, c’est un grand changement, plus une reconstruction qu’autres choses… nouvelle trame musicale…. certains moments«inutiles» supprimés…certains «footages» retrouvés et ajoutés….. personnellement les deux versions se doivent d’être vues…. mais pour la plupart des gens, ils vont apprécier de travail de moine cinématographique…..!
Je le recommande, pour amateur du genre et cœur solide…. Le côté historique est aussi très intéressant, décors somptueux et les vêtements, magnifiques….!
- Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2025Verified PurchaseThis piece of garbage deserves less than zero stars. It's the worst waste of time, worst thing I've ever watched, read, seen in my entire life. It's not even a real movie- it a jumbled piece of various edits. Picture quality is pathetic. Acting is beyond pathetic, just a lot of yelling, screaming, nonsensical words, and basically cobbled together to try and portray some kind of "storyline". It's ugly, makes no sense, goes all over the place, and then throw in some gratuitous weird scenes like bloody rape, fist/lard anal etc. Made me want to puke. I should have known from the opening "credits", where it tells the story basically as to why what you are about to watch will be nothing like what was intended to be an actual movie. It tells how when everyone from the actors, director, writer, most of those involved had quit and that this so called movie was basically an afterthought of whatever who was left could cobble together and market as an actual movie. I SAW THE ORIGINAL- and it was basically lame. This so called version is 100 times worse. A 10 year old could make a better movie on a cheap hand held kids movie camera.
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Reviewed in Canada on August 15, 2020Verified Purchasetierce personne 18 ans et plus
difficultées a visionner sur lecteur dvd (de moins de5 ANS) ET sur tv de moins de 4ans (tele intelligente )
<peut etre visionné sur lecteur ordi (colonne) au moins pour cette version
peut-etre non compatible pour zone USA/CANADA
- Reviewed in Canada on February 8, 2025Verified PurchaseThis is not the original uncut, unedited version. It is still a very interesting and good movie. It may be easier to watch than the real original version. This version was made for a reason. Movie is well acted with the help of some big stars and tells the story very well of a crazed leader and the lust, in part of a society that knows no boundaries
- Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2019Verified PurchaseThis was a great fun movie for me to buy. The dvd and case arrived in great shape. This ws a great fun movie to watch & a lot of the action scenes were fun to watch.
- Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2025Verified PurchaseI was very disappointed to receive the Caligula DVD on June 6, 2025, as the seller promised English subtitles, but there were none. But I can watch ANY movie only with subtitles - serious health problems. I was forced to return the DVD the next day, June 7, 2025. I got the refund very quickly, but this Caligula DVD I returned on June 7, 2025, is still on "in transit".
- Reviewed in Canada on August 14, 2014Verified PurchaseI am a big fan of controversial and disturbing films. This was one that I hadn't heard a lot of detail about. I had heard the name, and was told that if I love disturbing films, this was one to watch. So I ordered it. It wasn't what I had in mind as "disturbing". It was straight up porn. I had no idea until I saw the inside booklet that HUSTLER had financed half of the film. It is a film that showcases the decadence of the early Roman empire (orgies, gorging oneself with food, vomitoriums), with explicit sex scenes every so often. The actual story is very interesting, which is the main reason I watched ALL 3 HOURS of it.
- Reviewed in Canada on August 31, 2014Verified PurchaseI had the video cassette years ago, Seeing the movie on a blue ray, picture sharp and clear.After seeing the movie non cut, I understand why they removed half of the scene for the american public.The moving is interresting from the beginning to the end but I found to many lesbians scenes and not enough gay ones.
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Cliente 鶹Reviewed in Spain on May 10, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Caligula: The Ultimate Cut (VOSE) (Blu-ray)
Verified Purchaseel corte final de una pelicula controvertida con buena imagen y sonido
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goasReviewed in France on March 14, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Film culte avec la version française !
Verified PurchaseArticle bien reçu avec la version française...Le top ...Merci...
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Meneikis, AlexanderReviewed in Germany on March 30, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Kunst und Nacktheit
Verified PurchaseDiese Rezension bezieht sich auf die spanische Ausgabe, die ungekürzt alle pornographischen Elemente der europäischen Kinofassung enthält.
Helen Mirren fasste das Filmwerk in einem Interview während der Dreharbeiten am besten zusammen: „Es ist eine unwiderstehliche Mischung aus Kunst und Genitalien.“ Andere Interviewpartner sprechen von einem Versuch, „das antike Rom historisch korrekt darzustellen“, was dem Film so wenig gelungen ist, dass dies wohl nie beabsichtigt war.
Weder gab es das Konzept des „Prinzen“, noch waren Caligula oder auch sein Onkel Claudius in der Weise verrückt, wie es hier dargestellt wird. Nach den historischen Zeugnissen über Caligula, die ich gelesen habe, war er eher ein zwar gemeiner, aber intelligenter Satiriker. Und zu Claudius gibt es die Studien und den Roman von Robert Ranke-Graves.
In vielen Bereichen im antiken Rom war Nacktheit alltäglich, und so dient die historische Kulisse als Ausrede dafür, möglichst viel Nacktheit zu zeigen. Dabei Hetero-Porno, schwuler Porno, lesbischer Porno, mehrere Nahaufnahmen von Samenergüssen. Und Blut, viel Blut, viel Grausamkeit und Willkür.
Die Sets sind groß, opulent, beeindruckend, wie die Kostüme der Darsteller, die welche tragen, was etwas mehr als die Hälfte der Darsteller betrifft. Die Großaufnahmen der Sets finde ich sehr beeindruckend.
Immerhin zeigt nicht nur Teresa Ann Savoy ihren Biber aus allen Perspektiven, auch Malcolm McDowell hält seinen Spatz full-frontal für eine Weile in die Kamera, und Dame Helen Mirren (damals noch ohne Titel) zeigt kurz ihren Busch. Natürlich keine Nacktheit von Peter O’Toole und John Gielgud. Britische Klassengesellschaft.
Ich erinnere mich, dass ich den Film mit etwa 18 gesehen hatte, eine deutsche Fassung, die damals auch alle Sexszenen enthielt. Damals konnte ich dem Ganzen nichts abgewinnen, außer einem lahmen Interesse an der Pornographie, die dann durch die Gewaltszenen wieder konterkariert wurde. Damals war mein Eindruck, da hat jemand viel Geld für Popanz ausgegeben, um eine Ausrede zu haben, einen teuren, schlechten, vor allem schlecht ausgeleuchteten und gefilmten Porno zu drehen.
Die Ausleuchtung könnte sogar ich besser, und das ist ein vernichtendes Urteil. Wenn schöne Mädchen sich gegenseitig Freude bereiten, will ich das auch gut sehen.
Nun habe ich das ganze Werk erneut goutiert. Zweieinhalb Stunden. Ich war überrascht, wie gut einige der schauspielerischen Leistungen sind, besonders im ersten Drittel. Malcolm McDowell gibt wie gewohnt den Gestörten, kompromisslos und ohne Zurückhaltung, in jungen Jahren mit dem Element des ungezogenen frechen Bengels. Ich hatte erwartet, er würde einfach einen zweiten, dünneren Aufguss von Alex aus Clockwork Orange liefern, aber er spielt Caligula auf ganz andere Weise. Profunder gestört, gemeiner, heftiger.
John Gielguds Charakter Nerva zieht sich recht früh aus der Filmaffäre zurück durch Selbstmord. Ich wäre nicht überrascht, wenn dies ein Vorschlag von John Gielgud selbst gewesen wäre, nachdem er das Drehbuch gelesen hatte.
Peter O’Toole ist brillant als Tiberius. Leider hat er keinen charakterlichen Bogen, um sich zu entwickeln, er ist einfach ein gemeiner, kranker alter Mann. Aber mit einer Fiesheit und auch mit einem Gesicht, die mich sehr an Imperator Palpatine erinnern.
Helen Mirren kommt erst später ins Spiel. Sie ist gewohnt charismatisch und brillant, bekommt aber nicht viel Material, mit dem sie etwas anfangen könnte. Das Konzept ihrer Rolle ist interessant, aber im Skript blöd und flach durchgeführt, und es erscheint mir in einigen Szenen sehr offensichtlich, dass sie nicht versucht, ihre Frustration darüber zu überspielen.
Die Story, wenn man sie als solche bezeichnen will? Caligula wird Kaiser, dreht dann immer mehr durch und tut immer krassere Dinge. Irgendwann haben die Römer genug und ermorden ihn.
Und der Porno-Aspekt? Größtenteils lahm, uninteressant, schlecht ausgeleuchtet, schlecht gefilmt, unmotiviert. Viele Halb-Erektionen, was eine Reflektion der Energie in diesen Szenen ist. Jenna Jameson hat Pornos mit guten Sexszenen und interessanter Handlung gedreht, wirklich intelligente Filme mit Voll-Erektionen.
Den Film als Ganzes finde ich faszinierend. Wie ein anderer Rezensent schrieb, der ganze Wahnsinn dieses Mammutprojektes ist dann schon wieder beeindruckend.
Für generell Filminteressierte wie mich eine tolle Ergänzung der Sammlung, zum Aufgeilen nicht geeignet. Als Entertainment auch nicht geeignet.
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René CrossReviewed in Mexico on December 11, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Calígula Sin Censura, mejor que nunca
Verified PurchaseCalígula es conocida por ser una versión elaborada del mítico gobernador de Roma con mucho contenido elevado y sin duda lo entrega con honores.
El DVD llegó en excelentes condiciones y rápido. Incluye subtítulos en español para poder disfrutar sin censura su adaptación estrella.
René CrossCalígula Sin Censura, mejor que nunca
Reviewed in Mexico on December 11, 2023
El DVD llegó en excelentes condiciones y rápido. Incluye subtítulos en español para poder disfrutar sin censura su adaptación estrella.
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- lightning720Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars If you have seen the original think carefully before purchase
Verified PurchaseBought to see what the film was like without the raunchy bits from the earlier version. This version has a better entertainment story throughout without relying too much on the sex to sell. Knowing the plot from the other film did spoil my enjoyment but if you have never seen it then this one works.